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I just reread your two inaugural posts from back then (I had some older notes on this as well), & again had the sense that there was a good bit of value in the triangle, but the point was reinforced that you get yourself into trouble with the G/C/R stuff. A bridge too far?
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While the (mountain) Goat concept makes some sense as to the scaling of cliffs/etc., they are also Trickster/"Special Child" w/ these abilities, i.e. it's specifically not striving. But as is being pted out that's true for other "feral special children" too, such as Ratatouille
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Thanks for the notes, good to get your reads in these. I don’t necessarily want to harmonize with the existing archetypal perceptions but just be aware of them as context. I think all 3 can be reprogrammed unlike sharper ones like snake, crab, or lion.
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while that makers some sense, & I get the allusions that come up for you, it feels like you'd be working against the grain more than you need to? Note e.g. "The Crow" movie with the dark/ominous Brandon Lee death on set that several folks mentioned on your tread
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Crows were a favorite motif of my favorite daily cartoonist R.K.Laxman as well. In general, the connotations of crows for me are far more positive than for westerners. They are in indian culture more like cleverer pigeons than dark omens.
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As an aside, I’ve never bought into the idea of fundamental archetypes a la Jung/Archdruid/magick. It is to to archetype theory what the old theory of “6 basic emotions” is to Lisa Barrett’s constructivist theory of emotion. I operate by a constructivist theory of archetypes.
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